ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - February 8th, 2025

>>> TONIGHT SEVERAL DEVELOPING. STORIES AS WE COME ON THE AIR. POWERFUL WINTER STORM BRINGING. HEAVY SNOW AND ICE FROM THE. UPPER MIDWEST TO THE NORTHEAST. THE ESCALATING LEGAL FIGHT OVER. ELON MUSK'S PLANS TO CUT FEDERAL. AGENCIES, AND THE BIG GAME IN. THE BIG EASY. SECURITY ON HIGH ALERT AHEAD OF. THE SUPER BOWL. >>> FIRST, DANGEROUS WINTER. STORMS MOVING IN RIGHT NOW. 90 MILLION AMERICANS FROM. WISCONSIN TO MAINE UNDER WINTER. WEATHER ALERTS THIS WEEKEND. HEAVY SNOW, SLEET AND ICE IN THE.

FORECAST. MUCH OF THE REGION STILL DIGGING. OUT FROM EARLIER STORMS. ROAD CREWS LOADING UP WITH SALT. WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. EXPECTED IN BALTIMORE, AND UP TO. 8 INCHES OF SNOW IN BOSTON. OUR WEATHER TEAM IS TIMING IT. OUT. >>> THE LEGAL BATTLE HEATING UP. OVER THE RESHAPING OF THE. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. A JUDGE TEMPORARILY BLOCKING. DOGE'S ACCESS TO TREASURY. DEPARTMENT PAYMENT SYSTEMS. 19 STATES NOW SUING TO KEEP ELON. MUSK'S TEAM OUT OF PERSONAL.

DATA, INCLUDING SOCIAL SECURITY. AND BANK NUMBERS FOR MILLIONS OF. AMERICANS. >>> PLUS, THE NATIONAL. INSTITUTES OF HEALTH SLASHING. BILLIONS FUNDING. LEAVING MEDICAL RESEARCHERS. SCRAMBLING TO SAVE CRITICAL. STUDIES. >>> ALSO TONIGHT, SUPER BOWL. SECURITY. IT'S EVEN TIGHTER THAN USUAL. WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP NOW. PLANNING TO ATTEND THE BIG GAME. IN NEW ORLEANS. THOUSANDS OF OFFICERS ON DUTY. BARRICADES THROUGHOUT BOURBON. STREET. HELICOPTERS AND DRONES OVERHEAD. ALL OFF THIS WEEKS AFTER THE. DEADLY NEW YEAR'S TRUCK ATTACK.

>>> THREE MORE ISRAELI HOSTAGES. RELEASED IN EXCHANGE FOR MORE. THAN 180 PALESTINIAN PRISONERS. THE ISRAELIS APPEARING THIN AND. FRAIL AFTER 16 MONTHS IN. CAPTIVITY, RAISING NEW CONCERNS. ABOUT WHETHER THE GAZA CEASEFIRE. WILL HOLD. >>> THE RACE TO RECOVER PLANE. CRASH VICTIMS IN ALASKA. THE PLANE SUDDENLY DISAPPEARING. FROM RADAR AND CRASHING ON TO. SEA ICE. WHAT WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT THE. INVESTIGATION. >>> AND THE ALTERCATION ON A. HIGHWAY OVERPASS. A GROUP DRESSED IN BLACK HANGING. NAZI FLAGS CONFRONTED BY.

RESIDENTS. >>> FEARS THAT THE BIRD FLU. OUTBREAK MAY BE EXPANDING. A DOZEN BIRDS FOUND DEAD IN TWO. NEW YORK CITY ZEUS. >>> AND THE SUPER BOWL FROM THE. FANS TO THE COMMERCIALS AND WHAT. KENDRICK LAMAR IS REVEALING. ABOUT HIS HALFTIME SHOW. >> Announcer: FROM ABC NEWS. WORLD HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK, THIS IS "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT.". >>> GOOD EVENING. I'M WHIT JOHNSON. AND WE BEGIN WITH THAT DANGEROUS. WINTER STORM MOVING IN RIGHT.

NOW. THE LATEST IN A PARADE OF STORMS. BLASTING THE NORTHEAST WITH. HEAVY SNOW, SLEET AND ICE. MORE THAN 90 MILLION AMERICANS. FROM WISCONSIN TO MAINE UNDER. WINTER WEATHER ALERTS. NEW YORK CITY BRACING FOR THREE. TO FIVE INCHES OF SNOW. SALT TRUCKS AND SNOWPLOWS. GEARING UP FOR WHAT COULD BE A. BUSY WEEKEND. IN MINNESOTA THAT STORM SYSTEM. SLAMMING THE TWIN CITIES. HEAVY SNOW CREATING BLIZZARD. LIKE CONDITIONS AND MAKING ROADS. NEARLY IMPASSABLE. MULTIPLE CRASHES REPORTED. ALSO DUMPING MORE THAN 10 INCHES.

IN PARTS OF SOUTH DAKOTA. SNOW SHOWERS IN THE NORTHEAST. COULD LINGER UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY. MORNING AS THE REGIONAL IS STILL. DIGGING OUT FROM PREVIOUS. STORMS. METEOROLOGIST SOMARA THEODORE. LEADS US OFF. >> Reporter: TONIGHT A FAST. MOVING WINTER STORM SLAMMING THE. NORTHEAST BRINGING HEAVY SNOW, SLEET AND ICE. PARTS OF THE REGION STILL. DIGGING OUT FROM THE PREVIOUS. BLAST. MORE THAN 90 MILLION AMERICANS. UNDER WINTER WEATHER ALERTS AS. TREACHEROUS CONDITIONS. OVER TEN INCHES OF SNOW IN SOUTH.

DAKOTA. THIS MORNING SNOW HITTING. MINNEAPOLIS, DULUTH AND GREEN. BAY, UP TO 6 INCHES. IN THE NORTHEAST, D.C. AND. BALTIMORE SEEING SNOW TURNING TO. FREEZING RAIN. NEW YORK CITY BRACING FOR THREE. TO FIVE INCHES BEFORE A. RAIN/SNOW MIX OVERNIGHT. >> THERE IS ALWAYS OUR MEN AND. WOMEN OF DSNY WILL BE DOING 12. HOUR SHIPS, A THOUSAND. SANITATION WORKERS WILL BE OUT. TO REMOVE THE SNOW AND DO WHAT. THEY DO BEST. >> THE WALL OF SNOW ARRIVES HERE.

AND THIS IS WHEN IT STARTS TO. PICK IT UP IN INTENSITY. >> Reporter: BOSTON EXPECTING UP. MOVES OUT SUNDAY. >> LET'S GET TO SOMEARA. THEODORE. TONIGHT MORE THREATS ON THE WAY. NEXT WEEK? >> THAT IS CORRECT, WHIT. IN FACT, THE RADAR IS FILLING IN. AND WE ARE STARTING TO SEE THE. STORM SYSTEM RAMP UP FOR THE. NORTHEAST. AS WE CONTINUE TO TIME THIS OUT, BY 9:00 P.M. TONIGHT THIS REALLY.

IMPACTS PLACES LIKE NEW YORK. CITY, PHILADELPHIA, BRINGING. THEM ICE, AND THEN AS WE MOVE. THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. CLOSER TO MIDNIGHT THAT'S WHEN. WE START TO SEE BOSTON, HARTFORD, NEW ENGLAND GET THE. WORST OF THIS, BY 7:00 A.M. TOMORROW THIS STARTS TO TAPER. OFF. BY LUNCHTIME IT'S MOVING OUT. THE GOOD NEWS IS WE WILL START. TO SEE THINGS QUIET DOWN JUST. AHEAD OF THE SUPER BOWL TOMORROW. EVENING. AS FAR AS TOTALS, SOME OF THE. HIGHEST TOTALS BE IN NEW.

ENGLAND. BOSTON COULD SEE AS MUCH AS 8. PLUS INCHES OF SNOW AND THERE IS. A POTENTIAL FOR UP TO A. 0.25 INCH OF ICE THROUGHOUT THE. MID-ATLANTIC. TRACKING THE POTENTIAL FOR. ANOTHER STORM THROUGH THE TOP OF. THE WEEK. WHIT. >> THANK YOU. >>> TO A FEDERAL JUDGE. TEMPORARILY BLOCKING DOGE, THE. DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT. EFFICIENCY, FROM ACCESSING THE. TREASURY DEPARTMENT'S PAYMENT. SYSTEMS. THIS AFTER 19 STATES FILED A. LAWSUIT ACCUSING THE ELON MUSK.

AGENCY OF OVERSTEPPING ITS. AUTHORITIES. PROTESTS OVER CUTS TO THE. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. HERE IS SENIOR WHITE HOUSE. CORRESPONDENT SELENA WANG. >> Reporter: TONIGHT LEGAL. BATTLES ESCALATING AS PRESIDENT. TRUMP AND ELON MUSK ATTEMPT TO. OVERHAUL THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. A FEDERAL JUDGE BLOCKING MUSK'S. DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT. EFFICIENCY TEAM FROM ACCESSING. THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT'S DATA. AND PAYMENT SYSTEMS. AFTER 19 STATES SUED THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION FOR GIVING MUSK. AND HIS ALLIES VIRTUALLY. UNFETTERED ACCESS TO SENSITIVE. PERSONAL DATA, INCLUDING SOCIAL.

SECURITY NUMBERS AND BANK. ACCOUNT INFORMATION OF MILLIONS. OF AMERICANS. THE LAWSUIT ARGUES THE EXPANDED. ACCESS POSES HUGE CYBERSECURITY. RISKS AND ACCUSES MUSK OF. ATTEMPTING TO BLOCK FEDERAL. FUNDS FROM REACHING. BENEFICIARIES TO WHO DO NOT. ALIGN WITH THE PRESIDENT'S. POLITICAL AGENDA. THE JUDGE PUTTING THE MOVE ON. PAUSE, CITING A RISK OF LEAKS. AND HACKING. EXPANDING HIS REACH, GAINING. ACCESS TO AT LEAST TEN FEDERAL. AGENCIES AS HE TRIES TO SLASH. GOVERNMENT SPENDING. THE KEY TARGETS SO FAR, USAID,

THE RELIEF AGENCY THAT PROVIDES. FOOD TO MILLIONS OF MALNOURISHED. CHILDREN AROUND THE WORLD. AND ANOTHER FEDERAL JUDGE. PUTTING THE BRAKES ON MUSK'S. PLAN TO DISMANTLE THE AGENCY AND. PULL THOUSANDS OF STAFFERS OFF. THE JOB. THE PRESIDENT DEFENDING MUSK'S. ROLE. >> I'LL TELL HIM TO GO HERE, THERE, HE DOES IT. HE HAS A VERY CAPABLE GROUP OF. PEOPLE. >> Reporter: ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE. A YOUNG FORMER SPACEX EMPLOYEE. NAMED MARCO ELEZ WHO RESIGNED. AFTER A "WALL STREET JOURNAL".

REPORT LINKED TIME A SERIES OF. RACISTS POSTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. INCLUDING, I WAS RACIST BEFORE. IT WAS COOL. YOU COULD NOT PAY ME TO MARRY. OUTSIDE MY ETHNICITY. AND NORMALIZE INDIAN HATE. VICE PRESIDENT J.D. VANCE. DEFENDING THE STAFFER WRITING, I, OBVIOUSLY, DISAGREE WITH SOME. OF ELEZ'S POSTS BUT I DON'T. THINK STUPID SOCIAL MEDIA. ACTIVITY SHOULD RUIN A KID'S. LIFE, SO I SAY BRING HIM BACK. MUSK RESPONDING. HE WILL BE BROUGHT BACK.

TO ERR IS HUMAN. TO FORGIVE DIVINE. >> AND SELENA, PRESIDENT TRUMP. ADD MUSK HAVE BEEN MAKING MOVES. AT BREAKNECK SPEED. WHAT'S NEXT ON THEIR AGENDA? >> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP. SAYS HE WANTS ELON MUSK TO GO. EVEN FURTHER IN HIS. COST-CUTTING, SAYING HE WILL BE. LOOKING AT THE DEPARTMENT OF. EDUCATION AND THE PENTAGON NEXT. BUT THIS RAISES POTENTIAL. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST BECAUSE. ELON MUSK'S OWN COMPANIES HAVE. BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN CONTRACTS. WITH THE MILITARY. WHIT.

>> THANK YOU. >>> NEXT TONIGHT THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION IS CUTTING. BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN. BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FUNDING. IT'S EXPECTED TO IMPACT ABOUT. 2,500 UNIVERSITIES, MEDICAL. SCHOOLS AND RESEARCH. INSTITUTIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. NIH OFFICIALS SAY THE MOVE WOULD. SAVE MORE THAN $4 BILLION A. YEAR, BUT SOME RESEARCHERS ARE. CALLING IT CATASTROPHIC. >>> AND TOMORROW MORNINGER. SMOKING WITH SENATOR CHRIS. MURPHY HOW DEMOCRATS ARE PUSHING. BACK AGAINST THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION'S MOVES TO. RESHAPE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. >>> NOW TO SUPER BOWL LIX.

THE BIG GAME IN THE BIG EASY. JUST ONE DAY AWAY. LAW ENFORCEMENT ON HIGH ALERT. ACROSS THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS. THOUSANDS OF OFFICERS FROM. MULTIPLE AGENCIES WITH PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S EXPECTED ATTENDANCE. ADDING ANOTHER LAYER OF. SECURITY. ABC'S MORGAN NORWOOD REPORTS. FROM NEW ORLEANS TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT WITH THE. BIG GAME KICKING OFF IN THE BIG. EASY TOMORROW, SECURITY ON HIGH. ALERT. >> YOU WILL SEE MORE AND MORE. RESTRICTIONS AS MORE TOURISTS.

COME INTO TOWN TO ENJOY OUR. FABULOUS CITY. >> Reporter: AN ESTIMATED. 125,000 PEOPLE EXPECTED TO VISIT. NEW ORLEANS THIS WEEKEND FOR THE. BIGGEST SPORTING EVENT OF THE. THE SUPER BOWL. >> YOU CAN'T PASS A BLOCK THAT. THERE AREN'T OFFICERS OR. SOMETHING AND THAT IS A GOOD. THING. >> Reporter: SECURITY FOR THE. GAME IS NORMALLY HIGH. BUT THIS CAREER EVEN MORE. ELEVATED WITH THE EXPECTED. HISTORIC ATTENDANCE OF PRESIDENT. DONALD TRUMP. AND IN THE WAKE OF THAT DEADLY.

NEW YEAR'S DAY TERROR ATTACK IN. THE FRENCH QUARTER LEAVING 14. VICTIMS DEAD AND DOZENS MORE. INJURED. AUTHORITIES SAY PREPARATIONS FOR. THE SUPER BOWL BEGAN AT LEAST A. YEAR AGO. THIS WEEKEND MORE THAN 2,700 LAW. ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ON THE. GROUND, INCLUDING 16 ADDITIONAL. TACTICAL TEAMS. >> EVERYBODY BROUGHT MORE TO THE. TABLE TO MAKE SURE IT'S SAFE AND. SECURE. >> Reporter: MORE DRONES, INCREASED COORDINATION AND MORE. PERSONNEL. MUCH OF IT IN THE BUSY FRENCH. QUARTER, INCLUDING HERE ON.

BOURBON STREET. >> BOURBON STREET UNDER ENHANCED. SECURITY. THICK MILITARY GRADE BOLLARDS. BLOCKING OUT STREET TRAFFIC. AND ALSO IN THE SKIES, CUSTOMS. AND BORDER PATROL GIVING ABC. NEWS WILL REED A LOOK FROM. ABOVE. THEIR HELICOPTERS WILL BE ON. PATROL ALL WEEKEND. >> IF SOMETHING HAPPENS WE WOULD. BE READY TO GO AND RESPOND. QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. >> SO YOU ARE ACTUALLY THE I-IN. THE SKY? >> THAT IS THE CASE, YES. >> Reporter: AUTHORITIES AREN'T.

TAKING ANY CHANCES. KANSAS CITY, THEY ARE RAMPING UP. SECURITY, ESPECIALLY IN THE WAKE. OF LAST YEAR'S DEADLY SHOOTING. FOLLOWING A SUPER BOWL VICTORY. PARADE. THEN THERE IS PHILADELPHIA. THEY ARE ALSO ON HIGH ALERT AND. URGING FANS THERE TO CELEBRATE. SAFELY. >> MORGAN, THANK YOU. >>> OVERSEAS NOW AND HAMAS. RELEASING THREE MORE HOSTAGES AS. PART OF THAT CEASEFIRE DEAL. THE CONDITION OF THOSE HOSTAGES. THOUGH AFTER MONTHS IN. CAPTIVITY, 487 DAYS, SPARKING. INTERNATIONAL ALARM. 183 PALESTINIANS ALSO FREED FROM.

ISRAELI JAILS. LET'S BRING IN BRITT CLENNETT IN. TEL AVIV. QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER THE. CEASEFIRE CAN HOLD? >> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT. TONIGHT THE CONDITION OF THE. THREE ISRAELI HOSTAGES, OHAD BEN. AMI, ELI SHARABI AND OR LEVI. LOOKING GAUNT AS THEY WERE. HANDED OVER TO THE RED CROSS, SPARKING SHOCK AND ANGER OVER. HERE. PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU VOWING. A RESPONSE SAYING IT'S PROOF OF. THE NEED TO ELIMINATE HAMAS. NOW ISRAEL DID ELISE OVER 180. PALESTINIAN PRISONERS TO UPHOLD.

THEIR PART OF THE DEAL. AS NETANYAHU RETURNS FROM AN. OFFICIAL WEEK-LONG DIFFICULT. FROM D.C. TO OUTRAGE FROM THE. HOSTAGE FAMILIES AND PARTS OF. THE ISRAELI PUBLIC WHO SAY HE. SHOULD PRIORITIZE GETTING THE 76. HOSTAGES HOME WITHOUT DELAY AND. REVENGE. REMEMBER THERE ARE SIX AMERICANS. AMONG THOSE HELD IN GAZA. FEARS NOW THAT THE CEASEFIRE. COULD BREAK DOWN EVEN BEFORE. PHASE TWO HAS BEGUN WITH. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S BOMBSHELL. PROPOSAL TO REMOVE ALL. PALESTINIANS FROM GAZA, ADDING.

MORE CHAOS TO THE EQUATION HERE. >> THANK YOU. >>> BACK HERE IN THE U.S. AND. THAT DEADLY COMMUTER PLANE CRASH. IN WESTERN ALASKA. RESCUERS RUSHING TO RECOVER THE. VICTIMS. NINE PASSENGERS AND ONE PILOT. BEFORE SEVERE WEATHER MOVES IN. AND TONIGHT WHAT INVESTIGATORS. ARE NOW REVEALING. HERE IS ABC'S JACLYN LEE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT OFFICIALS. CONFIRMING ALL TEN PEOPLE. ONBOARD THE BERING AIRPLANE THAT. VANISHED IN ALASKA ARE DEAD. THE COAST GUARD DISCOVERING THE. WRECKAGE ON SEA ICE FRIDAY.

AFTERNOON 3 # MILES SOUTHEAST OF. NOME WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK TO. RECOVER THE BODIES INSIDE. >> WE HAVE A SHORT WINDOW WHERE. WE HAVE WEATHER, BAD WEATHER. COMING IT IN, SOME SNOW, AND. PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT SOME. DIFFICULT CONDITIONS BECAUSE. THIS IS ON AN ICE FLOE, WHICH IS. MOVING ABOUT FIVE MILES A DAY. >> Reporter: TONIGHT LOVED ONES. IDENTIFYING SEVERAL OF THE. VICTIMS. THEY WERE TRAVELING TO. UNALAKLEET TO SERVICE A HEAT. RECOVERY SYSTEM CRITICAL TO THE.

COMMUNITY'S WATER PLANT. ACCORDING TO THE ALASKA NATIVE. TRIBAL HEALTH CONSORTIUM. TROOPERS REPORTED NINE POOJS AND. THE PILOT WEPT MISSING THURSDAY. AFTERNOONEN SHORTLY AFTER TAKING. OFF AROUND 2:30 P.M. TRAVELING. FROM UNALAKLEET TO NOME. OFFICIALS LOST CONTACT WITH THE. SINGLE-ENGINE CESSNA AN HOUR. AFTER TAKEOFF. AGENCIES INCLUDING THE NTSB, COAST GUARD AND ALASKA STATE. TROOPERS USING ALL RESOURCES TO. INVESTIGATE WHY THIS CRASH. HAPPENED. FLYING IS A CRUCIAL MODE OF. TRANSPORTATION IN ALASKA. MOST COMMUNITIES ARE CUT OFF.

FROM MAIN ROADS CONNECTING TO. THE LARGER CITIES. AUTHORITIES SAY THEIR PRIORITY. IS RECOVERING THE BODIES OF THE. VICTIMS AND THEN THE REMNANTS OF. THE AIRCRAFT. THE NTSB IS LEADING THE. INVESTIGATION INTO THE CAUSE OF. THE CRASH. >> JACLYN LEE, THANK YOU. >>> NEXT TONIGHT, A DISTURBING. SCENE IN AN OZEMPIC SUBURB. SOME WAVING NAZI FLAGS ON AN. OVERPASS IN THE CINCINNATI AREA. THEY WERE CONFRONTED BY. RESIDENTS OF AN HISTORICALLY. BLACK COMMUNITY. HERE IS ABC'S PERRY RUSSOM.

>> Reporter: TONIGHT THE CLASH. OF A HIGHWAY NEAR CINCINNATI, OZEMPIC. NEIGHBORS CONFRONTING NEO-NAZIS. DRESSED IT IN BLACK WAVING. SWASTIKA FLAGS ON AN OVERPASS. NORTH OF THE CITY. >> THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, WE DO. STAND FOR SOMETHING. THIS HERE TURF IS GOLDEN. AND THERE WON'T BE TARNISHED. WITH THINGS LIKE THAT. >> Reporter: AT LEAST ONE. NEO-NAZIS SEEN HOLDING A LONG. GUN. POLICE SHUT DOWN THE OVERPASS. THE NEO-NAZIS TAKING OFF IN A. U-HAUL. ONE PERSON SEEP RUNNING DOWN THE.

ROAD THROWING SOMETHING AGAINST. THE SIDE OF THE TRUCK. A SRIRACHA FLAG RIPPED AWAY AND. SET ON FIRE. A MINISTER FROM A PAPTIST CHURCH. HOLDING A PRAYER SERVICE, CALMING TENSIONS. >> PEOPLE ARE AFRAID, SCARED, ANGRY. >> Reporter: THESE NEO-NAZIS. WEARING SIMILAR CLOTHES TO THE. NEO-NAZIS WHO MARCHED THROUGH. DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS, OHIO, IN. MEMBER. BLACK COMMUNITY LEADERS MAKING. THE SAME MARCH LATER AS PROTEST. THE MAYOR SAYS MESSAGES OF HATE. HAVE NO PLACE, WRITING THIS IS. NO NOT WHAT WE STAND FOR.

CONCERN ON THE GROUND THAT. POLICE WERE LETTING THIS PROTEST. HAPPEN. POLICE SAY WHILE PROTEST WAS. OFFENSIVE, IT WAS NOT ILLEGAL. WHIT. >> PERRY RUSSOM, THANK YOU. >>> THERE IS MUCH MORE AHEAD ON. "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT.". THIS SATURDAY, DETAILS ON A. MAJOR EARTHQUAKE IN THE. CARIBBEAN. >>> AND THE NEW DISCOVERY THAT. IS FUELING CONCERNS THAT THE. BIRD FLU OUTBREAK MAY BE. EXPANDING.

>>> A EARTHQUAKE SOUTHWEST OF. THE CAYMAN ISLANDS. PRELIMINARY FIGURES SAY IT. MEASURED 7.6 MAGNITUDE. NO WORD OF DAMAGE. A TSUNAMI ADVISORY HAS BEEN. ISSUED FOR PUERTO RICO AND U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. >>> GROWING CONCERNS TONIGHT. THAT THE BIRD FLU OUTBREAK MAY. BE EXPANDING. HERE IN NEW YORK MORE THAN A. DOZEN DUCKS AND WILD BIRDS DIED. AT TO ZOOS BELIEVED TO BE FROM. THE VIRUS AFTER NEW YORK. GOVERNOR HOCHUL ORDERED ALL LIVE.

POULTRY MARKETS IN THE CITY AND. SUBURBS TO BE CLOSED AND CLEANED. AFTER SEVEN CASES WERE FOUND. DURING INSPECTIONS. MEANWHILE, POLICE IN SEATTLE ARE. INVESTIGATING AN EGG ROBBERY. MORE THAN 500 EGGS STOLEN FROM A. CAFE THIS WEEK. THE BIRD FLU HAS DECIMATED. CHICKEN FLOCKS AND SENT EGG. PRICES SOARING NATIONWIDE. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, REMEMBERING ACTOR TONY ROBERTS, BEST KNOWN FOR PLAYING OPPOSITE. WOODY ALLEN IN SEVERAL FILMS.

>>> A PASSING TO NOTE. ACTOR TONY ROBERTS HAS DIED. HE WAS A MAINSTAY ON BROADWAY, NOMINATED TWICE FOR TONY AWARDS. HE WAS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS WORK. WITH WOODY ALLEN APPEARING IN. SIX MOVIES TOGETHER. ROBERTS, TALL AND CONFIDENT, WAS. THE PERFECT FOIL FOR THE. NEUROTIC CHARACTERS PLAYED BY. ALLEN. ROBERTS' DEATH FROM LUNG CANCER. FIRST REPORTED BY "THE NEW YORK. TIMES.". HE WAS 85 YEARS OLD. >>> AND A BIG SURPRISE AT THE. CRITICS' CHOICE AWARDS. "ANORA" WON BEST PICTURE. THE INDEPENDENT FILM IS AN.

EXOTIC DANCER'S ROMANCE WITH A. RUSSIAN HEIR AND WAS COMPLETELY. SHUT OUT AT THE GOLDEN GLOBES. LAST MONTH. "ANORA" AND THE STAR McKEE. MADISON ARE NOMINATED FOR. OSCARS. YOU CAN WATCH THE 97th ACADEMY. AWARDS ON MARCH 2nd RIGHT HERE. ON ABC. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK FROM THE. COMMERCIALS TO THE HALFTIME. SHOW. WHAT TO WATCH FOR AT THE SUPER. BOWL. >>> FINALLY TO TONIGHT, ANTICIPATION BUILDING FOR SUPER. BOWL LIX FROM BEHIND THE SCENES.

TO WHAT WE CAN EXPECT TOMORROW. NIGHT. >> Reporter: EXCITED EAGLES AND. CHIEFS FANS DESCENDONG NEW. ORLEANS FOR SUPER BOWL LIX. MORE THAN 70,000 EXPECTED TO SEE. IT IN PERSON AT CAESARS. SUPERDOME, WHILE AN ESTIMATED. NEARLY 120 MILLION PEOPLE WILL. WATCH THE BIG GAME ON TV. CONSISTENTLY THE MOST WATCHED. PROGRAM IN AMERICA EVERY YEAR. AND THE GAME ISN'T THE ONLY. ATTRACTION. >> WHO EATS ART? >> Reporter: 50 BRANDS WORKING. OVER $8 MILLION FOR JUST ONE 30. SECOND COMMERCIAL, MORE THAN.

TWICE WHAT IT COST IN 2014. BUDWEISER BRINGING BACK THE. CLYDESDALES. >> I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY LET US. BACK IN THIS PLACE. >> WHY? >> HELLO? >> NOBODY REMEMBERS THAT. >> Reporter: ICONIC MOVIE MOMENT. RE-CREATED. >> MMM. >> HERE WE GO. >> I WILL HAVE WHAT SHE IS. HAVING. >> Reporter: SOME ADS ALL IN ON. NOSTALGIA AND CELEBRITIES. >> HALFTIME SHOW PRESENTED BY AN. APPLE. >> AND A STADIUM NAMED AFTER --. [ LAUGHTER ]. >> I LOVE THEM. >> READ THE SIGN, BUNNY.

>> YOU ARE GOING TO GET US. KICKED OUT. >> SO? >> THAT'S BETTER. >> Reporter: GRAMMY-WINNING. RAPPER KEPD KENDRICK HEADLINING. THE HALFTIME SHOWING, SHARING A. PREVIEW OF HIS PERFORMANCE. >> THIS IS ME, KENDRICK LAMAR, 37 YEARS OLD, AND I STILL FEEL. LIKE I'M ELEVATING, STILL ON A. JOURNEY, THOUGH, YOU KNOW? I WANT THAT ENERGY TO, YOU KNOW, OOZE OUT TO THE TELEVISION TO. THE PEOPLE THAT'S IN THAT. BUILDING. >> Reporter: IN NEW ORLEANS. TONIGHT, THOSE DIE-HARD FANS.

EAGER FOR TOMORROW'S KICKOFF. >> IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE AT A. SUPER BOWL, THIS IS THE ONE TO. BE AT. >> KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, REPRESENT, GO TEAM. >> GO EAGLES. >> GO BIRDS, BABY. >> THEY ARE ALL FILED UP AND SO. ARE WE. HOPE YOU ENJOY THE GAME. THANKS FOR WATCHING TONIGHT. I'M WHIT JOHNSON. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. DAVID MUIR. ABC'S WORLD NEWS TONIGHT. THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST. IN AMERICA. AND HONOROED WITH THE.

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